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Intrinsically Fluorescent Microspheres with Superior Thermal Stability and Broad Ultraviolet‐Visible Absorption Based on Hybrid Polyphosphazene Material
Author(s) -
Pan Tingjun,
Huang Xiaobin,
Wei Hao,
Wei Wei,
Tang Xiaozhen
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.201200099
Subject(s) - polyphosphazene , materials science , fluorescence , thermal stability , polymer , ultraviolet , absorption (acoustics) , microsphere , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , optoelectronics , composite material , optics , physics , engineering
More and more attention is focused on monodispersed, functionalized microspheres with tunable size. In this article, a facile, efficient self‐assembly process is successfully developed to fabricate novel monodispersed microspheres based on hybrid polyphosphazene, and the size of the microspheres is proven to be easily tailorable. The polymer exhibits excellent thermal and intrinsically fluorescent properties which make up the deficiency of generally fluorescent material prepared by embedding with quantum dots or dyes in some special domains. In addition, a broad ultraviolet‐visible absorption is observed from 300 to 450 nm, and all these superior properties may result in potential applications in ablation‐resistant materials, solar energy photoelectric materials and biomaterials.